Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Dieter Holzer (*1964)

Dieter Holzer has been leading the TOM TAILOR Group since September 2006. His responsibilities cover the individual businesses as well as to strategy, Retail, E-Commerce, marketing and public relations.

From 1982 to 1985, Dieter Holzer received formal training as a retail merchant in textiles trading. After filling various positions in the fashion industry - including in product development - he joined ESPRIT in 1995, working as a wholesale manager responsible for the German, UK and Eastern European markets. From there, he moved to become CEO at Tommy Hilfiger Germany in 2000 (until 2006), where he was responsible for building the wholesale, retail and franchise businesses in the German and Eastern European core markets and for rolling out the global Tommy Hilfiger e-commerce business.

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Dr. Axel Rebien (*1971)

Dr. Axel Rebien joined the TOM TAILOR Group in October 2005. In his capacity as CFO, he is responsible for finance and accounting, controlling, IT, HR, logistics and legal.

After completing his formal training in banking, Dr. Axel Rebien studied economics at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University in Hanover. He began his career in 1999 with the auditing firm Arthur Andersen where he was promoted to Project Manager in 2000 and to a managerial position in the Transaction Advisory Services division in 2001.  While at Arthur Andersen, Dr. Axel Rebien prepared his thesis on enterprise valuation and earned his Doctor of Political Sciences (Dr. rer. pol.) from the Technical University of Chemnitz. Following the merger between Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, Dr. Rebien was as a manager in the company’s Transaction Advisory Services division until 2005. 

Chief Product Development, Procurement Officer (CPO)
Christoph Rosa (*1971)

Christoph Rosa (*1971), is responsible for product development, procurement and licensing activities across all divisions within the TOM TAILOR Group since 2008.

His education includes formal retail training at Sinn AG which he successfully completed in 1994.  He then studied business administration at the Fulda University, with a focus on marketing, HR and accounting. After receiving his degree, Christoph Rosa worked for four years as a manager in the procurement department of P&C West. From there he moved to become Marketing spokesman at Street One where he was responsible for collections management and for building the NOOS and Flash Repeat system modules. He joined TOM TAILOR in 2007 as a freelancer. During this time, he was instrumental in giving the TOM TAILOR Women collections a new direction